SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION — COMMUNICATIONS
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In 1895 there were 1,598 breweries, producing in the year 1894-95 17,275,348 hectolitres of beer, and 37,429 distilleries which produced in 1894-95 1,368,494 hectolitres of alcohol. In the same year there were 210 sugar factories with 68,836 work-people, and 28 tobacco factories with 33,001 work-people, the output for i-he year being 331,145 metric centners of raw tobacco.
Shipping and Ifavigation^
The following tabular statement shows the strength of the commetcial marine of Austria on January 1, 1897 : —
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Number of vessels
^Tonnage
174,507 22,345 18,406
Crews
3,736
4,204
24,470
Sea-going Vessels . ; . * . Coasting vessels ..... Fishing vessels, &c. .....
Total
253
1,526
10,336
12,115 ' 215j258
32,410
Of the total number of vessels 181 of 145,154 tons were steamers, and 11,934 of 70,104 tons were sailing vessels.
The progress of navigation la ah own as follows for Austria alone : —
Year
Entered
Cleared
No.
Tonnage
No.
t'onnage
1892 1893 1894 1895 1896
77,635 82,295 87,503 92,637 100,873
9,094,863
9,517,265
9,494,229
10,695,978
11,771,345
77,457 82,146 87,421 92,566 100,856
9,082,491
9,514,087
9,472,485
10,692,058
11,774,758
Of the vessels entered, an average of 88 per cent, and 90 per cent, of the tonnage, and of the vessels cleared 88 per cent, and 90 per cent, of the tonnage were Austrian, Italy coming next, and Greece third.
At the port of Trieste" alone in rl897, 9,592 vessels of 1,934,384 tons, entered, and 9,515 vessels of 1,928,488 tons cleared.
Internal Communications.
In 1896 the total length of navigable rivers and canals in Austria was : for-rafts only, 2,381 miles; for vessels and rafts, 1,704 miles; total, 4,085 miles, of which 8i8 miles were navigable for steamers.
